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A Gathering of “Brave and Brilliant” Women: The Real-World Impact of the Weizmann Institute's National Postdoctoral Award Program for Advancing Women in Science
A Gathering of “Brave and Brilliant” Women: The Real-World Impact of the Weizmann Institute's National Postdoctoral Award Program for Advancing Women in Science

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May 08, 2012... Standing, L-R: Dr. Noa Corem (Weinberg), Dr. Yael Artzy-Randrup, Dr. Maytal Toroker, Dr. Hilla Weidberg. Sitting, L-R: Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Prof. Varda Rotter, Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval, Dr. Rina Rosenzweig, Dr. Shlomit Greenberg.
People, as Weizmann Institute of Science President Prof. Daniel Zajfman often says, are our greatest natural resource. These are not just words; he is behind a push by the Institute to leverage the power of people—women as well as men.

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Weizmann Institute Scientist Among Recipients of L'OREAL-UNESCO Award for Women in Science
Weizmann Institute Scientist Among Recipients of L'OREAL-UNESCO Award for Women in Science

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Dec 19, 2007... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—December 19, 2007—Prof. Ada Yonath of the Department of Structural Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, is among five distinguished women researchers in the life sciences who will receive a L’OREAL-UNESCO Award For Women in Science. Prof. Yonath was recognized for “structural studies of the protein-synthesizing system and the mode of action of antibiotics.” She is the first Israeli to receive the prestigious prize.

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Target: Blood Cancers
Target: Blood Cancers

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Feb 06, 2017... Our blood is our very life force, performing the basic functions that keep us alive. It carries nutrients and oxygen to our cells, and bears away metabolic waste. And yet it also plays a role in a number of all-too-common diseases, such as blood cancers. In fact, according to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer every three minutes.
Blood cancers begin in the bone marrow, where blood cells are produced, or in the lymphatic system, which removes excess fluids from the body’s tissues and produces immune cells. In most blood cancers, uncontrolled growth of abnormal blood cells interferes with the development and function of normal, healthy blood cells.

TAGS: Women, Cancer, Cancer treatment, Blood

Crossing Barriers to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
Crossing Barriers to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

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Apr 17, 2019... For many years, scientists believed that the brain was completely isolated from the immune system because of a shield called the blood-brain barrier.
That dogma has changed, due in no small part to the research of Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Department of Neurobiology.
“My assumption was always that the immune system does help repair the brain, but that it has a very unique way of communicating across the blood-brain barrier,” she says. “This assumption turned out to be correct. However, the work that it took to get there was very difficult.”

TAGS: Women, Brain, Neuroscience, Immune system, Alzheimers

Unfolding the Mysteries of Proteins
Unfolding the Mysteries of Proteins

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Feb 06, 2017... The deceptively simple, three-dimensional beauty of origami starts with a single sheet of paper, which must be precisely folded to become a swan or frog or crane. Similarly, the proteins that carry out many of the tasks in cells also must be accurately folded into three-dimensional structures; in their case, in order to perform their specific function and keep the organism – for example, you – in good shape. When origami is misfolded, the result is a pile of crumpled, formless paper. But when proteins don’t fold properly, the result is not so benign. In fact, it can be devastating: the misfolded proteins can clump together into aggregates that are toxic to normal, healthy cells.Dr. Rina Rosenzweig

TAGS: Women, Brain, Parkinsons, Proteins, Alzheimers

Weizmann Scientists Discover Possible Link between Antioxidants and Infertility in Females
Weizmann Scientists Discover Possible Link between Antioxidants and Infertility in Females

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Jan 18, 2011... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—January 18, 2011—Antioxidants are sold over the counter everywhere. They’re added to food, drink, and face cream. But according to Prof. Nava Dekel of the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Department of Biological Regulation, we still don’t have a complete understanding of how they act in our bodies. New research by Prof. Dekel and her team, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), has revealed an unexpected possible side effect of antioxidants: they might cause fertility problems in females.

TAGS: Women, Chemistry, Medicine, Immune system, Fertility

Meet 16 Women Breaking Barriers in Israel
Meet 16 Women Breaking Barriers in Israel

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Mar 09, 2020... On March 8, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. And over here at ISRAEL21c, we’re taking the opportunity to introduce and celebrate 16 Israeli women from all walks of life who challenge stereotypes in the most inspiring ways. Ladies, you rock.
Prof. Ada Yonath is a true groundbreaker. A biochemist, she won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2009, becoming not only the first Israeli woman to win the prestigious award but also the first woman in 45 years to receive it in her field.

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Local Teen Conducts Scientific Research in Israel
Local Teen Conducts Scientific Research in Israel

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Nov 08, 2016... Nicole Odzer of North Miami Beach, pictured on the left, conducting scientific research in Israel along with her lab partner, Xell Brunet.
Yale University freshman Nicole Odzer of North Miami Beach followed in her mother and sister’s footsteps when she conducted scientific research in Israel this summer.
Odzer, 18, spent four weeks at Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel for its annual Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute (ISSI). She was one of 20 teenagers from the United States selected to participate in ISSI, which accepts only one in four applicants and provides full scholarships to all participants while affording them the opportunity to conduct research with world-renowned scientists in biology, chemistry, mathematics and computer science. The program’s American participants joined some 60 others from around the world.

TAGS: Awards, Women, Education

Zero knowledge keeps your secrets safe
Zero knowledge keeps your secrets safe

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Jun 06, 2010... If you feel secure keying your credit card information onto a website, thank Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser.
At the end of April, this Israeli professor traveled to Philadelphia's Franklin Institute to accept the 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science for her fundamental contributions to cryptography theory, the basis of techniques for encoding anything from secret messages to financial information on the Internet.

TAGS: Awards, Women, Mathematics, Computers, Security

Weizmann Institute Women in Science Program Wins Award in Barcelona
Weizmann Institute Women in Science Program Wins Award in Barcelona

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Mar 03, 2013... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—March 3, 2013—In honor of International Women's Day, the city of Barcelona will present the 27th Maria Aurèlia Capmany award on March 4 to the Weizmann Institute of Science for its commitment to advancing young women in science. A representative of the Institute will accept the prize at the Barcelona city hall from members of the city council section for Women and Civil Rights.
The Weizmann Institute was chosen for its national program for advancing women in science, founded at the Institute in 2007 to address the need to increase the numbers of women who choose science as a career and the percentages of women in top academic faculty positions. The program is meant to help young women through the main bottleneck that prevents many of them from continuing on to academic science positions in Israel: the need to conduct postdoctoral research abroad in the world's leading labs. By the time they have completed their PhDs, many women have spouses and young children, and the expense of moving the entire family abroad for several years can be prohibitive. To combat this problem, each year the Weizmann Institute gives special awards to 10 outstanding young women who have completed their doctorates in the natural or exact sciences in one of Israel's academic institutions, and who have been accepted to postdoctoral positions abroad. These grants — $20,000 a year for two years — are given on top of the fellowships awarded by the host institutes or other sources, and are specifically intended to help the women bring their families along.

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